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1/30/2012 Mesilla Plaza Riot

Title: 1/30/2012 Mesilla Plaza Riot

Description: A scuffle between Democrats and Republicans turns deadly on Mesilla Plaza.

Narrator: Hosted by Claude Stephenson, New Mexico State Folklorist

Series Credit: The Centennial Journeys series is produced by the New Mexico Centennial Steering Committee with assistance from the Office of the State Historian and New Mexico Arts,a Division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs and are produced at KUNM-FM Radio studios in Albuquerque, NM.

This Month in New Mexico History

1875:

September 14, 1875 - Methodist minister F.J. Tolby is killed by operatives of the "Santa Fe Ring," a group of lawyers and businessmen who aggressively and unscrupulously sought control of many Spanish land grants. The death sparked violence and led to Gov. Samuel B. Axtell's resignation.